Fast forward through music blogs with Hype Machine

Keeping track of even a small handful of music blogs can be a pain, so the Hype Machine has built considerable
success from making the whole experience a lot easier. Fast Forward
is the latest experiment in that, letting you quickly skip between
songs while still letting you read the blogs where the music has
been posted.

Click here to
try it out. You'll get a sample of a song, with a large screenshot
of the music blog that posted it below. Clicking the screenshot
takes you to the page that posted it, so that you can read about or
download the full version of the track. Arrow keys, spacebar or the
big > button can be used to skip to the next sample.

"We've been thinking about this idea since SxSW 2009, and after
some further inspiration, thought to push this experience further.
Fast Forward is like a spinning radio dial across radio stations
curated by music bloggers," said Anthony Volodkin, who
founded the site, in a blog post
announcing the experiment.

With more and more music posted to the web every day, it's more
important than ever to have effective filters. But the
effectiveness of any particular filter is also quite a personal
thing. Does Fast Forward work for you? If not, how do you sift
through the mountain of music? Tell us in the comments.